Abdominal injuries, 75

Accidental injuries, 79, 86

Accommodation for Home Defence Force, 282, 283

Accommodation in naval ships, 173, 174

Achilles, HMS, 162, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 187, 188, 197

Adjutant-General, 269, 270, 271, 275, 276, 280, 332, 335, 372, 378, 384, 400

Administration of Medical Services, 2 NZEF (IP), 70

Administration in NZ, 243, 244, 245

Admiralty Is., 63, 223

Admissions to hospital, Pacific, 91, 92

ADMS (Air), 204, 244, 258, 331

ADMS (Army), 13, 14, 243

ADMS, Fiji, 12

ADMS, New Caledonia, 24 ff.

ADS, Stirling I., 50, 51, 54, 55

ADS, Vella Lavella, 42

Advisory Committee on medical resources in NZ, 354

Age limit for service overseas (nurses), 367

Age of troops in Pacific Force, 79

Air evacuation of PWs from Crete, 112

Air Force—

• Administration, medical, 203, 204, 224, 225

• ADMS (Air), 204, 244, 258, 331

• Aerodrome Construction Unit in Malaya, 221, 222

• Aircraft accidents, 228

• Aircrew, annual examination of, 210

• Aircrew selection, 225, 226

• Aircrew wastage, 211, 229, 230, 231

• Air operations in Pacific, 223, 224

• Air training in Canada, 205, 211, 213

• Air transport in Pacific zone, 223

• Bomber Squadrons (9 and 3), 223

• Casualties, Malayan aerodrome unit, 222

• Causes of medical repatriation in Pacific Air Force, 238, 239

• Convalescent Depots, 218

• Deaths in Pacific area, 235

• Diseases causing disability, 220, 221

• Enemy aircraft shot down in Pacific, 223

• Evacuation of sick and wounded from Pacific, 228

• Fiji-Tonga-Norfolk area, 205, 225

• Ground staff in Pacific area, 323, 324

• Health of force, 220, 235

• Honours and awards, Medical Services, 239

• Hospitals and Convalescent Depots, 217, 227

• Hospital in Fiji, 227

• Hospitals in Pacific, 227, 228

• Hygiene and sanitation in camps, 231, 232

• Hygiene and sanitation personnel, 208

• Incidence of sickness in Pacific, 236, 237, 238

• Injuries causing disability, 221

• Length of service of medical officers, 206

• Malaria, control of, 232, 233, 234

• Malaria, incidence of infection, 232, 233, 234, 235

• Malaria in Pacific zone, 232, 233, 234

• Malaria, treatment of, 233, 234

• Medical administration, 203, 224, 225

• Medical Boards, 209, 210, 238

• Medical care of flying personnel, 229, 230, 231

• Medical documents, 225

• Medical equipment with nurses' units, 226, 227

• Medical examination of recruits, 209

• Medical Investigation Unit, 211, 212, 213

• Medical officers' interviews of aircrew, 213, 214

• Medical orderlies, 207

• Medical selectors of personnel for overseas service, 225, 226

• Medical services with Air Force in Pacific, 222, 223

• Medical staffing of, 205

• Medical stores and staff of, 208, 209

• Medical teams with overseas units, 226

• Mosquito control in Pacific, 232, 233, 234

• Non-effective rate, 235

• Nurses in, 206

• Occupation and pilot success, 215, 216

• Operational squadrons in Pacific, 223

• Organisation of Air Force in Pacific, 223, 224, 225

• Percentage of aircrew fit for service, 209

• Personnel serving in Pacific, 222–4

• Problems concerning fitness of aircrew, 229–31

• Rations in Pacific area, 230, 231

• Reconnaissance flight in Fiji, 222

• Recruitment of medical officers, 205, 206

• Remedial treatment, 209

• Repatriation from Pacific, 238, 239

• Rotorua Convalescent Hospital, 218

• School of Hygiene and Sanitation, Swanson, 208

• Selection Committee, 211

• Selection of aircrew, 225, 226

• Servicing units, 223, 224

• Sick and wounded sections, 218, 219

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• Sick leave, 219

• Sick parades, 221

• Sickness in NZ, 217, 218

• Sickness in Pacific, 235, 236, 237

• Sick quarters, 217

• SMA3 machine, 211, 212, 214, 215

• Strengths during the war, 204

• Strengths, medical officers, 205, 206

• Survey of results of Medical Investigation Unit, 213

• Tests for aircrew, 214, 215

• Tours of duty, 224

• Training of aircrew, 205

• Training of medical officers, 206

• USA hospitals in Pacific, 227

• VAD, 207

• Venereal disease, 221

• WAAF medical orderlies, 207, 210

Alamein, 121

Alder Hay, 374

Alien medical students, 354, 359, 360

Altamura, 123, 126

Ambulance cars, 73, 90, 410

Ambulance trains, 280, 281, 282

American—

• Casualties, 41, 42, 45, 49, 50, 53

• Field dressings, 73

• Forces in NZ, 288, 289

• Forces in Tonga, 95, 96

• Hospitals—

  • In Fiji, 100, 102

  • In New Caledonia, 30, 34

  • In New Zealand, 289

  • In Norfolk Island, 98

  • In Solomons, 63, 71

  • In Tonga, 95, 96, 97

• Malaria experience in Pacific, 80, 81

• Medical—

  • Depots, 62

  • Officers, 29, 33, 50

  • Organisation in Pacific, 30, 32

  • Supplies, 70, 71, 289

  • Units, liaison with, 32, 50, 70

• Rations in Pacific, 27, 28

• Troops admitted to NZ hospitals in Pacific, 41, 45, 70

• Troops in Pacific, 20, 22, 24, 38, 56

Amputations—

• In Kokkinia Hospital, Greece, 110

• In NZ, 403, 404

• In Pacific, 75, 76

Anaemia, nutritional, in New Caledonia, 28, 87

Anaesthesia in Pacific, 76

Analysis of wounded, Pacific campaign, 92, 93

Ankylostomiasis, 61, 84, 85

Anti-submarine flotilla, 169, 170

Anxiety neurosis in Fiji, 19

Aotea Quay Clearing Station, 382, 383, 384

Appeal Boards re military service, 351, 352

Appendices—

• Comment on Ordnance equipment in Pacific, 67

• Equipment carried by 7 Fd Amb at landing on Treasury Is., 64, 65, 66

• Equipment of Field Surgical Unit in Pacific, 68, 69

• Equipment of Logan Force in Pacific, 69

• General scheme of evacuation of sick and wounded in NZ, 287

• Hospital admissions: Army in NZ, 397

• Instructions to Hospital Boards on care and treatment of Army sick and wounded (Dir-Gen Health), 395

• Medical men in fighting force, 360, 361

• Medical men in wholetime service, 361, 362

• Medical officers in NZ, July 1942, 285, 286

• Patients in civil hospitals, 396

• Standard food parcels from different countries, 153

• Statistics re medical boarding—

  • Areas, 348

  • Area pools, 349

  • Disabilities, 346, 347

• War neurosis, 402

Ardmore, 213

Arming of medical personnel in Pacific, 45, 46

Army Dept., 304, 329, 355

Army Medical Boards, 330, 331

Army medical organisation in NZ, 243–306

Army requirement of medical personnel, 353, 354

Army responsibility for medical boarding, 322

18 Army Tps Coy, 34

Artificial limbs, 403, 404 Made in Germany, 148

Assault landings (medical arrangements for), 71, 72

Athens, 119, 129, 146

Auckland, 74, 160, 161, 167, 175, 176, 181, 187, 192, 205, 209, 218, 226, 265, 266, 279, 281, 288, 291, 325, 334, 335, 340, 358, 359, 371, 375, 383, 391, 396, 399, 403, 406, 416, 417

Australia, 263, 264, 330, 341, 417, 424

Australian—

• Army VADs, 372

• Forces in Norfolk Island, 98

• 5 Gen Hosp in Greece, 106, 107, 108 109, 110, 146

• Hospital ships, 292, 293, 300, 306

• Medical supplies, 71

• PWs, repatriation of, 150

• Staff, HS Oranje, 303, 304

Awapuni, 252, 283

Awatapu, 283

Bacteriology, 78, 80

Barahun, 57

Barakoma, 39

Barge evacuation in Solomons, 42, 73

Bari, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125

Bari PW hospital, 122, 123, 124

Bari transit camp, 121, 122, 125

Base Camp reception hospital, New Caledonia, 25, 29

Batavia, 222, 303

Battalions, 2 NZEF (IP)—

• 29 Bn, 48

• 30 Bn, 40, 58, 59

• 34 Bn, 49, 95

• 35 Bn, 40, 42, 58

• 36 Bn, 48, 97

• 37 Bn, 40, 58

Battle casualties—

• Army, 34, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 62, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 91, 92, 93

• Navy, 171, 172, 173, 182, 183

Battle of—

• Guadalcanal, 24

• Kolombangara, 172

• River Plate, 161, 165, 171

• Tulagi, 172

Beach Dressing Station (Mono Island), 50, 51, 52

Bedbugs—

• In PW camps in Greece, 128

• In Germany, 128

Bellona, HMS, 167

Benghazi, 123

Bergamo, 123, 124

Beri-beri—

• In ex-PWs in NZ, 291, 292

• In Salonika Transit Camp, 117

Blanche Harbour, 50

Blechhammer, 130, 142, 143

Blenheim, 208, 279

Blind ex-servicemen, 405 406, 407 Trust Board, 406, 407

Blood transfusion in Pacific, 43, 54, 76, 90

Board, Medical. See Medical Boards

Boguen, 25, 32, 33, 34, 35

Bologna, 123, 124

Bombay, 185, 186, 187, 300

Bomb casualties in Solomon Is., 42, 44, 45

Bomb protection in medical units, 43

Boots in Pacific, 61, 71

Bougainville, 50, 56, 58, 62, 74, 223, 235

Bouloupari, 24, 29, 36

Bourail, 24, 25, 28, 29, 33

Bradford tips in Solomons, 46

Brigades, 2 NZEF (IP)—

• 8th, 3, 4, 6, 7, 17, 37, 48, 50, 88, 95, 99

• 14th, 17, 37, 38–41, 46, 58

British—

• Army, categorisation of recruits, 332

• Hospital ships, 299

• Medical Association, 350, 352, 354, 358, 415, 426, 427, 428, 429

• Medical officers, in Germany, 135, 136, 138

• Medical officers, Salonika camp, 116, 118

• PWs in Crete, 112, 114

Brockenhurst, 374

Bryant House, Raglan, 381

Buka, 56

Bulldozers in Pacific, 71

Burnham Camp, 243, 246, 249, 258, 259, 260, 266, 273, 278, 279, 291, 326, 380, 390, 397

Burwood Hospital, 368, 381, 388, 389, 396

Cairo, 150

Camp in Fiji, 5, 6, 7

Camp hospitals—

• For PWs, Germany, 134

• For PWs, Lamsdorf, 127, 128, 129 Hygiene in, 127, 128, 129

• In NZ, 248, 249, 250, 376, 377, 380

• Medical organisation in NZ, 248, 249, 250, 251

Camp reception hospitals—

• In Crete, 113, 114, 115

• In New Caledonia, 25, 28, 29

Canada, 205, 207, 211, 212, 213, 220, 263, 264, 330, 341

Canada, Air Force training in, 205, 213, 220

Canea PW camp, 112, 113, 114, 115

Capua transit camp, 121

Carpenters in camps in NZ, 362

Caserta PW camp, 122, 123, 124

Cases presented to Mixed Medical Commission in Germany, 140, 141, 142

2 NZ Casualty Clearing Station, 21, 31, 33, 34, 37, 42, 51, 54, 62, 63, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78

• Battle casualties at, 79, 83, 85, 96

• Wellington, 339, 382, 383, 384

Casualties—

• Aerodrome Unit, Malaya, 222

• Caused on hospital ships, 292, 293, 300, 301, 304, 305, 306

• In Corinth Hospital, 105, 106

• In Kokkinia Hospital, 107, 109, 110, 111

Cerebro-spinal fever, 260

• In Navy, 87

Ceylon, 185, 187, 188

Chemical supplies in NZ, 416, 417

Chemists in NZ, 317, 362, 363, 364

Chest wounds in Pacific, 75

China, 188, 290

Chiropodists, 362

Christchurch, 205, 209, 218, 265, 279, 281, 325, 335, 368, 371, 375, 381, 383, 386, 388, 396, 403, 404, 415, 416

Civil administration in NZ, 309–429

Civil—

• Emergency arrangements in NZ, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415

• Medical arrangements in NZ, 309–429

• Nursing reserve, 369, 370

Classification of recruits, 344, 345, 348, 350

Climate—

• Fiji, 4, 5

• New Caledonia, 25

• Solomons, 40, 47

Clothing of—

• Pacific force, 71

• PWs—

  • In Germany, 130

  • In Kokkinia, 109, 110

Cockroaches in NZ camps, 254

Code of instructions for medical boarding, 310, 312, 313, 317, 321, 322, 324, 332

Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Assn., 406

Committee of Imperial Defence (NZ), 309

Compulsory—

• Medical treatment, 333, 334, 335, 336

• Military service, 323

Construction of camps in NZ, 282, 283

Consultants in NZ, 244

Contagious diseases hospitals in NZ, 249, 260, 261, 262

Convalescent—

• Camp, Kokkinia, 107, 108

• Depot—

  • Fiji, 9

  • 2 NZEF (IP), 21, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 74

  • Tonga, 96

• Depots in NZ, 273, 274, 283, 289, 290, 291, 379, 380

• Hospitals, 376, 379, 381, 383, 404

• Leave in NZ, 378, 382

• Patients, 378, 379

• Provision for ex-PWs in NZ, 290, 291, 292

Cooks in NZ, 362

Corinth, 105, 106, 107, 116, 117, 146

Cosel mixed hospital, 132, 135, 136, 139, 140, 142, 148

Crete, 107, 110, 112–15, 118, 121, 131, 158

• Medical arrangements for PWs, 112, 113, 114, 115

• Wounded evacuated to Athens, 114, 115

Curious Cove, 218

DDS, 275, 276, 311

Deaths—

• Among troops in NZ, 262

• At Salonika transit camp, PWs, 119

• From drowning, PWs, 153

• From sickness, PWs, 151

• In camps in NZ, 262

• In Kokkinia Hospital, Greece, 109, 110

• In Navy, 182

• In Pacific Force, 77, 91, 92

• Other than sickness, PWs, 153

Defence Dept, 373, 378, 389

Delta, 208, 209, 217

Demobilisation—

• Medical boards, 337, 338, 384

• Of Pacific medical units in NZ, 87, 88, 89

Dengue fever—

• In Fiji, 101

• In Pacific, 26, 33, 35, 84

Dental—

• Camp dental hospital in Pacific, 36

• Facilities for PWs in Italy, 122

• Maxillo-facial sections in Pacific, 36

• Mobile Dental Unit—

  • In Greece, 108

  • In Pacific, 36, 138

• Service—

  • In Navy, 164, 178, 179

  • Kokkinia Hospital, Greece, 108

• Services—

  • In NZ, 275, 276

  • In Pacific, 36, 37

  • Sub-committee in NZ, 317

  • Treatment—

    • In NZ, 275, 276, 338

    • In PW hospitals in Germany, 138

  • Unit with Aerodrome Construction Unit, Malaya, 222

• Dentists—

  • In NZ, 317

  • In Plastic Surgical units, 386

  • On medical boards in NZ, 310, 311

• Dept of—

  • Health, 309, 310, 313, 318, 320, 321, 322, 325, 326, 330, 339, 357, 358, 362, 363, 364, 366, 369, 373, 375, 376, 378, 379, 381, 382, 383, 384, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 409, 411, 414, 424, 425, 427, 428

  • Health, responsibility for medical boarding, 321, 322

• Deputy Director of Hygiene, 244

• Destruction of Red Cross food parcels in Germany, 132

• Devonport, 159, 160, 168, 175, 180, 181

• DGMS, Army and Air, 309, 315, 319, 320, 321, 324, 326, 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 344, 350, 353, 354, 356, 357, 367, 372, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 391, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 411, 423, 424

• Diarrhoea in NZ camps, 259

• Diet in Solomons, 46

• Dietitians, 362

• Director-General of Health, 309, 318, 319, 320, 324, 325, 335, 350, 351, 356, 378, 382, 385, 386, 387, 389, 390, 392, 395, 401, 411, 414, 416, 428

• Director-General of Mental Hospitals, 326, 327, 389, 398, 399, 402

• Director of Pharmacy, 317, 363, 364

• Disabilities re categorisation, 332

• Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League, 404, 405

• Discipline in civilian hospitals, 373, 389, 390, 393

• Diseases—

  • In Navy causing invaliding, 184

  • In NZ camps, 257–60

  • In PW camps in Germany, 151–3

  • Notifiable in NZ, 258–9

• Distilled water in Nissan, 59

• DMS (Air), 258

• DMS (Navy), 160, 164

• DMS 2 NZEF, 292, 329, 372

• Dressings, field, in Pacific, 55, 56, 72, 73, 90

• Dumbéa, 34, 35, 78, 79

• Dunedin, 279, 281, 362, 368, 375, 383, 389, 403, 404, 416, 425

• Durban, 305

• Dysentery—

  • In NZ camps, 259

  • In Pacific, 4, 5, 46, 52, 55, 84

  • In PW camps in Crete, 113, 114

  • In Solomons, 84

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• Education Committee, Rehabilitation Board, 425, 426

• Education in hygiene, NZ Army, 253

• Efate, 37, 80

• Egypt, 29, 84, 89, 125, 140, 150, 151, 300, 301, 418

• Ekali, 106

• Ellerslie Camp Hospital, 377

• Ellice Is., 17, 56

• El Mreir Depression, 123

• Elsterhorst, 135, 136, 139, 148, 152

• Emergency—

  • Hospital scheme in NZ, 315, 316, 375, 412, 413

  • Precautions Scheme, 356, 408, 409

  • Precautions Service—

    • Hospitals section, 411, 412, 413

    • Medical section, 408, 409, 410

    • Organisation of, 412

    • Public health section, 414, 415

  • Reserve Corps, 409

• Emirau, 63, 223

• Employment of graded men, 331, 332, 333

• Empress Augusta Bay, 38, 50, 63

• Endemic disease—

  • In Fiji, 4, 5

  • In New Caledonia, 25, 26

• Engineers (20 Fd Coy), 40

• ENT (ear, nose, and throat) specialists, 78

• Eosinophilia in Solomons, 61

• Epidemics in NZ, 377, 378

• Equipment—

  • In New Zealand, 262, 263, 264

  • Nissan I., 59

  • Of assault landings, 64–6

  • Of Field Surgical Unit, 68, 69

  • Of Pacific forces (see Appendices), 64–9

  • On transports, 263

  • On Treasury Is., 55, 56, 64–6

• Espiritu Santo, 223, 227, 233, 235

• Establishment of MDS and FSU in Solomons, 64–6

• Evacuation—

  • By air, 41, 45, 60, 74, 78, 90

  • By LSTs in Pacific, 50, 51, 52, 90

  • MDS to CCS in Pacific, 41, 44

  • Of casualties—

    • From Middle East, 292, 293

    • From Nissan, 60

    • From Stirling I., 50, 54

    • From the jungle, 41, 42, 51, 53, 73, 90

    • From Vella Lavella, 73, 74

    • In NZ, 280, 281, 282, 287

  • Of native population from Nissan, 61

  • Of patients to NZ, 74, 78

  • Of PWs from Crete to Salonika, 112, 114, 115, 118

  • Of PWs from Salonika to Germany, 118, 119

  • Of sick and wounded from New Caledonia, 54, 62

  • Solomons to New Caledonia, 54, 62

  • To NZ from Pacific, 74, 78

• Evaluation of medical services on Stirling I., 53

• Evelyn Firth Home, Auckland, 404, 418

• Exchange of—

  • Medical officers overseas, 357, 358

  • PWs, 125, 126

• Falamai, 48

• Falkland Is., 171

• Fanning I., special force, 3

• Featherston, 289, 290

• Field Ambulances—

  • In Fiji, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22

  • In NZ, 244, 246, 279, 280, 281, 283, 285, 286, 287

  • In Pacific—

    • 7th, 25, 29, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 64, 65, 66, 67

    • 22nd, 25, 28, 29, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 60

    • 24th, 31, 58, 59, 60

  • 22nd, in Fiji, 17

  • 22nd, in NZ, 21, 22

  • 24th, in NZ, 21, 246

  • 2 NZEF, trained in NZ, 246, 247, 248

• Field Hygiene Sec, 22

  • In NZ, 251, 252, 253, 278, 285

  • In Pacific, 25, 26, 27, 46, 58

• Field Surgical Units, 22

  • In Pacific, 25, 28, 29, 41, 42, 48, 50, 54, 56, 58, 59, 68, 69, 72

• Field Transfusion Unit, 21

  • In Pacific, 25

• Fiji, 99, 100, 101, 102, 205, 207, 223, 225, 227, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237

  • ADMS in, 12

  • Battalions in Solomons, 101

  • Bearer Company in Solomons, 101

  • Climate and endemic diseases, 4, 5, 10, 11

  • Clothing worn in, 6, 13

  • Convalescent Depot in, 9

  • Defence Force medical services, 99, 100, 101, 102

  • General conditions of service in, 12, 13

  • Health of troops in, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 100, 101

  • Hospitals in, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18

  • Hygiene and water supply in, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 100

  • Malaria cases from Solomons, 101

  • Medical ambulance, 8

  • Medical preparations for emergency, 10

  • Medical training in, 10, 11

  • Native troops in, 17, 99, 100

  • NZ Brigade in, 3, 4, 6, 7, 17

  • NZ forces in, 3–20

  • Opthalmologist in, 8, 16, 101

  • Optician unit in, 100

  • Rations in, 17, 100

  • Reinforcements for, 17, 18

  • Return of NZ troops to NZ, 20, 102

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  • Revised medical arrangements in, 17, 18, 20

  • Section, 2 NZEF (IP), 99

  • Transport in Fiji, 14

  • Troops in the Solomons, 101, 162, 174, 179

  • Unfit men in Fiji, 9, 15, 19

  • USA troops take over in, 20

• Filariasis in Tonga, 96

• Filters, German, in Pacific, 55, 90

• First-aid—

  • Box, contents (German), 144

  • In Solomons, 72, 73

  • Kit in Solomons, 72, 73

• First Echelon, 325, 367

• First World War, 364, 365, 373, 374, 385, 386, 388, 389, 398, 399

• Flies—

  • In Pacific, 90

  • In Solomons, 44, 46, 60

• Flinders Naval Base, Aust., 160

• Flint stretcher apparatus, 73

• Fly control in PW camps in Germany, 128

• Food parcels for PWs, 153, 418, 423

• Food poisoning in NZ camps, 259

• Forced marches of PWs in Germany, 144, 145

• Foreign doctors. See Alien medical students

• Fort Dorset, 243, 249, 397

• Fractures in Kokkinia Hospital, Greece, 110

• Fractures in Pacific, 43, 76, 78

• Full-time medical boards, 336

• Furlough scheme from Middle East, 357

• Gaiacs, Plaine des, 24

• Galatas, 112, 113, 114

• Gambia, HMS, 167, 169, 187, 192, 198

• Gamboni, 10, 11

• Gas gangrene—

  • In Kokkinia Hospital, Greece, 110, 111

  • In Solomons, 77

• Gastro-enteritis in NZ camps, 259

• General Hospital (4 NZGH), 21, 22, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 54, 89

• Geneva Convention—

  • In Pacific, 45, 46

  • Knowledge of, 125, 130, 135

• German first-aid box, contents, 144

• Germany, 108, 109, 110, 118, 119, 127–54, 419

• Gilbert Is., 17, 56

• Gills' Plantation, 39, 40, 41, 42

• Girls' Grammar School Hospital, Suva, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14

• GOC 2 NZEF, 292

• Government Emergency Precaution Services, 409–15

• Graded men, 274

  • Employment of, 331, 332, 333

  • In Fiji, 19

  • In Norfolk Island, 99

  • In Pacific, 19, 86, 88, 97, 99

• Graded troops—

  • In Tonga, 97

  • Wounded men, 78

• Grading, medical, 312, 313, 320, 321, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328

• Greece, 105–11, 114, 115, 121, 127–31, 150

• Hospital arrangements for PWs, 105–11

• Greek—

  • PWs in Crete, 112, 114

  • Red Cross, 105, 109, 110

• Green Is., 56, 57, 58, 63, 223, 227

• Green Lane Hospital, 289

• Guadalcanal, 22, 24, 34, 36–9, 41, 42, 48, 53, 54, 55, 58, 60, 61, 62, 71, 73, 74, 75, 78, 81, 82, 83, 86, 88, 171, 206, 207, 223, 227, 233, 235

  • Air Force hospital in, 227

  • Camp sites in, 37

  • Medical stores in, 61, 62

  • Move to, 37, 38

  • USA troops landing in, 22, 23

• Hammelburg, 144

• Hanmer Hospital, 218, 273, 374, 379, 381, 383, 389, 390, 396

• Head casualties in Kokkinia Hospital, 110

• Head wounds, 74, 75, 77, 92

• Health—

  • Of Navy personnel, 182–96

  • Of population, Norfolk Island, 97

  • Of PWs, 151, 152, 153

  • Of troops—

    • In Fiji, 14–16, 100, 101

    • In Norfolk Island, 99

    • In Pacific Force, 79–86

    • In Tonga, 96, 97

    • In Vella Lavella, 47

• Health Dept. See Department of Health

• Heating for PWs in Germany, 131

• Helwan, 367, 380

• Hernia in NZ, 334, 335

• Higgins boat in Solomons, 42

• Hill Report on medical boarding, 312

• Hobsonville, 203, 207, 217

• Home Defence medical arrangements, 408, 409–15

• Home Guard—

  • Medical arrangements, 287, 288, 409

  • Standards of fitness, 288

• Hong Kong, 290, 301

• Hookworm in Solomons, 61, 84, 85

• Hospitals—

  • Accommodation for ex-PWs in NZ, 290–2

  • Administration and treatment in NZ, 373–97

  • Admission—

    • From NZ camps to public hospitals, 396, 397

    • Kokkinia Hospital, Greece, 107

    • Rate in NZ camps, 397

  • Air Force—

    • In New Hebrides, 227

    • In NZ, 217

  • Arrangements—

    • For PWs in Greece, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111

    • Re Home Defence, 411–13

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  • 5 Aust GH in Greece, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110

  • Boards in NZ, 354, 375, 376, 378, 383, 384, 386, 387, 388, 389, 395, 411, 412, 413, 415

  • 7 (Br) GH in Crete, 112, 113

  • 26 (Br) GH in Greece, 107, 110

  • Cases evacuted from Solomons to New Caledonia, 62, 63, 74

  • Clearing Hospital, Aotea Quay, 383, 384

  • Emergency in NZ, 375, 411, 412, 413, 415

  • For PWs—

    • In Crete, 113, 114, 115

    • In Germany, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141

    • In Germany, tubercular, 138, 139

    • In Greece, 105–11

    • In Italy, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126

    • In Salonika, 116, 117

  • Helwan, 386

  • In Fiji. See Fiji

  • In Norfolk Island, 98

  • In NZ camps, 249, 250, 257, 258, 260, 261, 376

  • Kalavere, New Caledonia, 30, 35

  • Military, in NZ, 373, 374

  • 2 NZEF, mobilised in NZ, 246

  • 4 NZGH in Pacific. See General Hospital

  • Personnel of 1 NZGH captured in Greece, 105

  • Planning during war, 374, 375 376, 411, 412, 413

  • Policy, evaluation of, 391, 392, 393, 394, Public in NZ, 377, 381, 383, 388, 395

  • PW camp, Featherston, 289, 290

  • Ships, 292, 293, 294, 298, 299, 300–6

  • 109 US Station Hospital, 29

• Hospital ships—

  • Maunganui, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303

    • In Pacific, 300, 301

    • Lessons learnt during the war, 301, 302

  • Oranje, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306

• Hospital staffs, 413, 417

• Hospital trains in NZ, 281, 282

• Hospital treatment—

  • For demobilised personnel, 339, 387

  • For sick and wounded from overseas, 382, 383, 384

  • In NZ, 313, 314, 333, 334, 382, 391

• Hospitalisation of sick and wounded in NZ, 310, 313, 314

• House surgeons in NZ hospitals, 354, 355, 358, 360

• Hutt Hospital, 291

• Hygiene—

  • In Fiji, 5, 16, 17

  • In Nissan, 60, 61

  • In Norfolk I., 98

  • In PW camps—

    • Crete, 113, 114

    • Germany, 127, 128, 129

    • Italy, 121, 123, 124

  • In Vella Lavella, 46

  • In working camps in Germany, 143

• Hygiene and sanitation—

  • In camps in NZ, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257

  • In Pacific, 90, 91

  • On transports, 257

  • Training in NZ, 251, 252, 253, 254

• Hygiene units, Field, 25, 26, 27, 46, 58

  • In NZ, 251, 252, 253

• Incidence of wounds and disease in Pacific Force, 91, 92, 93, 94

• India, 188, 209, 264

• Indian Ocean, 172, 173, 188

• Infectious diseases in camps in NZ, 258–60, 377, 378

• Influenza epidemics—

  • In Navy, 187

  • In NZ, 250, 358

  • In NZ camps, 250

• Initial training, Air Force, 211–14

• Inoculation—

  • Of PWs against typhoid in Germany, 129

  • Of troops in NZ, 258

• Insect control in camps in NZ, 254

• Institute of the Blind in NZ, 406

• Invaliding from the Navy, 183, 184, 185

• Invalids from overseas, 383, 384

• Invercargill, 281, 334, 404

• Ionian Palace Hotel, 105, 106, 146

• Italy, 89, 121–6, 132, 149–51, 301, 369, 418, 419

  • Declares war, 3

• Jacquinot Bay, 223

• Japan—

  • Alliance with Germany, 4

  • Enters war, 17

• Japanese—

  • Attitude to Geneva Convention, 45

  • Medicine and foods, 48

  • Prison camps, 291

  • PWs in NZ, 289, 290

  • Treatment of malaria, 48

• Jaundice—

  • In PW camps in Crete, 114

  • In Salonika transit camp, 117

• Jeep ambulances, 56

• Joint Council—

  • Convalescent homes, 418

  • Medical comforts and supplies, 420, 421, 422, 423

  • Prisoners of War Committee, 418, 419

  • Relations with American Red Cross and hospitals, 419–20

  • St. John and Red Cross, 147, 189, 263, 266, 410, 417–23

  • Stores purchases and control, 418

• Joroveto, 40, 42

• Jungle—

  • Medical kit, 71

  • Rations, 87

  • Warfare, 41, 42

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• Kaikohe, 279, 283

• Kaimai Range, 22

• Kalamata, 105–7

• Kalavere, 30, 34, 35, 89

  • Hospital, 30, 35

• Kavieng, 56, 63

• Kifisia, 107

• Kimberley, HMS, 172

• Kiwi, HMS, 172, 198

• Kloster Haina, 138, 148

• Kokkinia, 106–10, 112, 115, 118

• Kokkinia Hospital, 106–11

  • Equipment of, 108

  • Patients in, 107, 110, 111

  • Rations in, 109

• Kolombangara, 38, 172

• Konigswartha PW Hospital for tuberculosis, 135, 138, 148, 152

• Kramer splints, 72

• Laboratory technicians, 362

• Lamia, 117

• Lamsdorf, 119, 126, 127, 129, 131, 132, 134–8, 140, 141, 144, 146, 148, 151

  • PW camp, 127–35

  • PW camp hospital, 127, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138

    • Construction of, 136, 137

    • Dental service, 138

    • Equipment of, 137

    • Specialists in, 138

    • Staffing of, 136, 137, 138

• Laundry in Pacific, 86

• Lautoka, 7, 17, 18

  • Camp hospital, 18

• Leander, HMS, 165, 169, 172, 179, 186, 187, 188, 189, 197

• Lease-lend medical supplies, 416

• Lessons learnt during the war—

  • In Navy medical services, 196

  • In Pacific, 89–91

    • Equipment, 90

    • Evacuation, 90

    • Hospitals, 90

    • HS Maunganui, 301, 302

    • Malaria, 89

    • Medical treatment, 90

    • Sickness, 89

• Leyte I., 300, 301

• Liaison—

  • Between Army and hospitals, 358

  • With American medical units, 70, 71

• Libya, 121, 122, 125

• Lice in PW camps in Germany, 128, 129

• Lighting available for PWs in Germany, 130, 131

• Limb wounds in Pacific, 75, 76

• Linton Camp, 249, 266, 283

• Lisbon, 126, 132

• LSTs in Pacific, 39, 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56, 60, 66

  • Surgical work on, 50, 51, 53

• Lucca, 123, 124

• Lyttelton, 176, 181, 243, 249, 384

  • Fortress troops, 243, 249

• Macintosh ether apparatus in Pacific, 76

• Maheno, HS, 297

• Malaria—

  • Advice to Americans by Col Sayers, 80, 81

  • Cases in Fijians from Solomons, 101

  • Control, Air Force, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237

  • Control Unit, 21, 22, 25, 30, 80, 88

  • Incidence rates—

    • In New Caledonia, 82

    • In NZ Division in Pacific, 81, 82

  • In Navy, 185, 188

  • In Nissan, 61

  • In Pacific, 26, 30, 47, 59, 61, 62, 80, 81, 82, 83, 88, 89, 96, 101

  • In PW camp, Crete, 113, 114

  • In Salonika transit camp, 117

  • In Solomons, 47, 80, 82

  • Precautions in NZ, 88

  • Preventive measures, 47, 80, 81

  • Record card in Pacific, 80

  • Training in preventive measures, 80

• Malaya, Aerodrome Construction Unit in, 221–2

• Maleme, 112, 113

• Mangere, 89, 265

• Manila, 301

• Manpower Committee in NZ, 309, 310, 313, 321, 352, 363

• Manunda, HS, 292, 293

• Manus I., 300, 301 Maoris, X-ray examination of chest in, 325

• Marama, HS, 297

• Marches of PWs in Germany, 144, 145

• Marquana Bay, 41

• Masseurs in NZ, 317, 362, 363

• Masterton, 279, 283

• Matron-in-Chief, NZ, 243

• Matruh, 123

• Matua, SS, 8

• Maunganui, HS, 246, 291–4, 297–9, 301, 302, 306, 372

  • Conversion and equipment of, 297–9

  • Lessons learnt during war, 301, 302

  • Pacific, 300, 301

  • Staff of, 299, 300

  • Voyages of, 299–301

• MDS—

  • Nissan, 59, 60

  • In Pacific, 41–5, 50–4, 59, 60

  • Stirling I., 50, 51, 52, 53, 54

  • Vella Lavella, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45

• Measles—

  • In Fiji, 7

  • In NZ camps, 259

• Medical—

  • Administration set-up in NZ, 243, 244, 245

  • Appointments in Navy, 164–7, 197, 198

  • Appreciation for mobilisation in NZ, 315

  • Arrangements for—

    • Assault landings in Solomons, 40, 50

    • Civil emergency in NZ, 408–15

    • Home Defence Forces, 278–89

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    • PWs, 105–54

    • PW working parties in Germany, 142, 143

  • Salonika transit camp, 116–19

  • Boards—

    • Air Force, 209, 210

    • Demobilised personnel, 337–9

    • Fiji, 9

    • For force before withdrawal from Pacific, 88

    • In NZ, 310, 311, 312, 313, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342

      • Composition of, 43–50

      • Remuneration of medical members, 311, 312

    • In other countries, 341

    • NZ Navy, 176–8

  • Corps in NZ, strength pre-war, 246

  • Council in NZ, 355, 359, 360

  • Diseases, PWs in Germany, 151–3

  • Equipment—

    • In Germany, 145–7

    • Treasury Is., 55, 56

  • Examination—

    • Auckland Medical Boards, 340

    • Recruits, NZ Navy, 176–8

  • Facilities for PWs—

    • In Germany, 127, 134, 135, 136

    • In Italy, 122, 123, 124

  • Faculty, Otago University, 425–7

  • Grading, statistics, 344–50

  • Headquarters 2 NZEF (IP), 31, 32

  • Holding units on airfields in Solomons, 227, 228, 229, 230

  • Instruments taken to Germany, 146

  • Investigation Unit, Air Force, 211–17

  • Men in fighting forces, appendix, 360–2

  • Officer resources in NZ, 352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361

  • Officers—

    • Of Health, 354, 356, 415

    • Recruitment of, 350–62

    • Rehabilitation, 423–9

  • Operations—

    • Nissan, 59, 60

    • Stirling I., 50, 51, 52, 53

    • Vella Lavella, 41, 42

  • Personnel—

    • PW captured in Crete, 107, 108, 112, 113, 114

    • PW captured in Greece, 105, 106, 107

    • PW in Germany, work of, 127, 134–40

    • Repatriated from Italy, 125, 126

  • Planning—

    • In Fiji, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10

    • In New Caledonia, 30, 31

    • On Stirling I., 50

  • Practitioners in NZ, 316, 350, 359

  • Records in Pacific, 70 Services—

    • In Pacific, 3–102

    • Of RNZAF, 203–39

      • In Pacific, 232–39

    • Of RNZ Navy, 159–99

      • Afloat, 169–74

    • Of US Forces in NZ, 288, 289

    • PW, 105–53

  • Staffing, RNZAF, 203, 204, 205–8

  • Standards of Territorials and Home Guard, 336

  • Stores—

    • Advanced depot in Pacific, 612

    • And staff, Air Force, 208, 209

    • In NZ, Army medical, 265, 266

    • Nouméa, 71

    • RNZ Navy, 161

  • Students, 351, 352, 354, 355, 359, 360

  • Sub-committee of Manpower Committee, 309, 310, 312, 313,

  • Superintendents of hospitals in NZ, 409, 411, 413,

  • Supplies—

    • Equipment in NZ, 244, 262, 263–5

    • For PWs in Italy, 122–4

    • In Germany, 145, 146, 147, 148

    • In Kokkinia Hospital, 109

    • In Pacific, 71, 95

    • In Solomons, 71

    • In Treasury Is., 55, 56

  • Survey of 2 NZEF (IP), 70–87

  • Technical instructions, 2 NZEF (IP), 70

  • Training depot, Trentham, 244, 246, 247, 248

  • Treatment—

    • At RAP in Pacific, 72, 73

    • Of natives in Solomons, 61

  • Units, 3 NZ Div—

    • Embarkation for New Caledonia, 24

    • Organisation and training in NZ, 21, 22

• Mental—

  • Attendants, 362

  • Hospital Dept, 326, 327, 398, 400, 401, 402

  • Hospitals, 398, 399, 400, 402

  • Patients, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402

• Mentally unfit, elimination of in boarding, 326, 327

• Middle East—

  • Neurosis in, 85

  • Surgery in, 75

• Military hospitals in NZ, 373, 374

• Milk supplies in Army in NZ, 253, 254

• Minister of—

  • Defence, 316, 319, 358, 366

  • Health, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 323, 328, 350, 351, 356, 358, 360, 362, 366, 390, 424, 427

• Minor disabilities, 331, 332–5

• Mixed Medical Commission (for PWs), 140, 141, 142

  • PW hospitals in Germany, 139, 140

• Montecillo Home, Dunedin, 418

• Morphia at RAP in Pacific, 72

• Mosquitoes, 26, 29, 32, 47, 61, 82, 84, 96

• Motor Ambulance Column (MAC), in Pacific, 21, 22, 25

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• Motor ambulances in NZ, 266, 267, 278, 280

• Motor transport in Pacific, 45, 56, 67, 73, 90

• Motutapu Camp, 243, 249

• Mowai Home, Wellington, 404, 441, 448

• Mumps in NZ camps, 259

• NAMAKA, 5–8, 11, 15–18, 20, 21

• Namaka Hospital, Fiji, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16, 20

• Nandarivatu, Leave Camp, Fiji, 9

• Nandi, 18

• Napier, 281, 375, 404

• Narrow Neck Camp, 243, 249, 397

• National Medical Committee, 267, 309–20, 321, 323, 328, 329, 330, 336, 350, 351, 352, 354, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 362, 364, 365, 366, 369, 370, 371, 374, 376, 381, 385, 389, 409, 410, 423, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429

  • Powers of, 310, 316, 317, 318

  • Review of work, 318–20

• National Military Reserve, 336

• National Patriotic Fund Board, 417, 418

• National Patriotic Fund hospital comforts, 418, 471

• National Service Dept, 363, 364, 373

• Native population, evacuation from Nissan, 61

• Navy—

  • Barracks and sick quarters, Shelly Bay, 176

  • Deaths in during war, 182, 183

  • Dental examination and treatment in, 178, 179

  • Dental services, 178, 179

  • Dispensers and radiographers, 168, 169

  • Fleet Air Arm, 177

  • Health—

  • During war, 182

  • Of WRENs, 195, 196

• Honours and awards, 199

• Hygiene and habitability of ships, 173, 174

• Infectious diseases in, 185, 186

• Invaliding and demobilisation, 178

• Invaliding from, 178, 183, 184

• Invaliding from, principal causes of, 184, 185

• Lessons learnt during war, 196

• Malaria in, 188

• Medical—

  • Administration in, 160, 175

  • Appointments afloat, 197, 198

  • Boards, 176–8

  • Equipment afloat, 170–1

  • Examination of reservists and recruits, 176–8

  • Services—

    • Afloat, 169–74

    • Ashore, 175–8

  • Stores, 161

• Medicine at sea, 173

• Mobilisation for war, 163–9

• Naval base (Philomel), Auckland, 160

• Neuro-psychiatric disorders in, 193–5

• Nursing service, 175, 180, 181

• Permanent Forces, 159

• Pre-war organisation, 159, 160

• Recruitment of medical officers, 166, 167

• Replacement of RN naval officers by RNZNVR, 164, 165, 166

• Reserve forces, 161–2

• RNZ, medical services of, 159–99

• Royal NZ Volunteer Reserve, 166

• Sick-berth recruitment and training, 167–9

• Sick quarters, Devonport, 168

• Strength during war, 182

• Surgery at sea, 171–3

• Tuberculosis in, 188, 189, 190

• Venereal disease, incidence, 191, 192

• WREN sick-bay ratings, 181

Néméara, 24, 25

Népoui Valley, 24, 25, 29, 33

Neptune, HMS, 171, 182

Netherlands HS Oranje. See Hospital Ships

Neurosis, 85, 86, 95

• In Air Force in Pacific, 238

• In Navy, 193–5

• In Pacific, 62

• In PWs, 152, 153

New Caledonia, 21–37

• American medical organisation in, 24

• Climate, 25

• Convalescent Depot, 35, 36, 37

• Endemic diseases, 25, 26

• Evacuation of sick and wounded from, 312

• General medical arrangements, 25, 30

• General situation, 22, 24

• Health of troops, 26

• Hospital arrangements, 25, 31, 32–5

• Hygiene, 26, 27

• Medical—

  • Headquarters, 2 NZEF (IP), 312

  • Planning, 30, 31

  • Stores, 21, 61

• Nurses in, 29

• Rations in, 27, 28

• Siting of—

  • Medical units, 24, 25, 35

  • NZ force, 24, 25

• Water supply, 27

• Work of the field ambulances in, 28, 29, 30

New Georgia, 23, 39

New Hebrides, 81, 205, 206, 223, 225 226, 235, 236

New Hebrides, exercises at, 37

New Plymouth, 281, 375

Ngaruawahia Camp, 4, 243, 249, 258, 387 Nissan I., 37, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 71, 73, 74, 77, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88

• Description of, 56–7

• Hookworm on, 61

• Hygiene in, 60

• Landings on, 58, 59

• Yaws in, 61

Nocera, 123, 126

Non-qualified medical officers, 248, 284

Norfolk I., 97, 98, 99, 205, 206, 225, 227, 253

• Medical services, 97–9

Notifiable diseases in NZ, 258

Nouméa, 24, 25, 28, 33, 34, 71, 74, 78

Nukulau Island, 9

Nurses—

• Age limits for service nurses, 367

• Association, 365

• Civil nursing reserve, 369, 370

• Council of, 314, 364, 365, 366

• In Air Force, 206, 227, 368, 369

• In England, 367

• In EPS, 413, 415

• In Navy, 369

• In NZ camps, 249, 369

• In Pacific area, 15, 16, 20, 29, 35, 63, 96, 97

• In Solomons, 63

• Maunganui, HS, 299, 300, 302

• Number serving during war, 369

• On transports, 367

• Recommendation of Nursing Council re recruitment, 365, 366

• Recruitment, 314, 364, 365, 366, 367

• Rehabilitation of, 429

• Training during war, 368

• Uniforms of, 367

NZ Air Force—

• In Fiji, 205, 225

• Hospital, Fiji, 102

2 NZ Division, 357, 358, 361

3 NZ Division, organisation of medical units, 21

NZ—

• Medical—

  • Officers captured in Crete, 107, 108, 113

  • Officers' work in mixed hospitals in Germany, 139, 140

  • Personnel captured in Libya, 121, 122

• Mobile Dental Unit in Germany, 138

• Nurses in Tonga, 96

• Troops—

  • Admitted to American hospitals in Pacific, 70

  • In Norfolk Island, 97–9

  • In Tonga, 95–7

Obermasfeld, 138

Occupational—

• Therapists, 362

• Therapy, 36, 418

• Therapy in PW hospitals in Germany, 148

Odessa, 140, 151

Operating theatre in Solomons, 43, 72

Opthalmologist in Fiji, 101

Opticians—

• On medical boards, 310, 311, 323, 389

• Service in NZ, 277, 278, 323, 328, 329

• Service with Navy, 177

• Units, 100, 101, 121, 125, 134, 277, 278

• Vans, 27–8

• Oranje, HS 300, 302–6, 372

• Administration of, 303, 304

• Casualties carried by, 306

• Equipment and staff, 303

• Staffing of, 303, 304, 305

• Voyages of, 304, 305, 306

Organisation for National Security, 309, 313, 321, 322, 350, 364, 365, 370, 375, 376, 408.

Organisations for control of sickness in Army in NZ, 258–62

Orthopaedic—

• Cases, 339, 374, 381, 383, 403, 404, 405

• Surgeons, 403

Otago Medical School, 352, 358

Otitis externa in Pacific, 16

Oxfordshire, HS, 201

Pacific, Optician Unit, 100

Palmerston North, 208, 252, 260, 265, 279, 281, 291, 325

Papakura Camp, 21, 243, 249, 259, 260, 273, 274, 278, 288, 291, 326, 380, 390, 397

Parano Bay, 38, 40

Patients in civil hospitals in NZ, 396, 397

Pearl Harbour, 17

Penicillin—

• In Navy, 192

• In Pacific, 76

Pensions, 312, 326, 331, 338, 383, 407–8

Pensions Dept, 314

Pentothal in Pacific, 76

Permits to leave NZ, doctors and nurses, 318, 366

Pharmacists—

• In Navy, 168, 169

• In NZ, 416

• Supplies in NZ, 415–17

Philip, USS, 48

Philomel, HMS, 159, 160, 165

Philomel Navy Depot, Devonport, 159, 160, 165

Physical training, 379, 380, 381, 382

Physiotherapists, 362, 363, 374, 380

Pilot success and occupations, 215–17

Pinipel, 58, 61

Piraeus, 106, 112, 115

Plastic—

• Surgery, 381, 385–9

• Surgical Unit in NZ, 385–8

Plumbers, 362

Pneumonia in Salonika transit camp, 117

Pokonian Plantation, 58, 59

Poliomyelitis—

• In Navy, 187

• In PW camp, Crete, 113

• In Salonika transit camp, 117

Polytechnic Hospital, 107, 108

Porirua, 229, 339, 399

Post-graduate study, 429

Prefabricated hospitals in Pacific, 34, 51, 62, 90

Preparations—

• For active operations in NZ, 278–88

• In Crete, 112–15

Pringle, USS, 48

Prisoners of war—

• Camp at Featherston, 289, 290

• Camps—

  • In Germany, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 134

  • In Italy, 121, 122, 123

• Captured at Sidi Rezegh, 121

• Convalescent treatment in NZ, 290–2

• From Far East, 290, 291

• In German civilian hospitals, 140

• In Germany, 126–54

• In Greece, 105–11

• In Italy, 121–6

• In NZ, sickness, 290–1

• In Salonika, 116–20

• Medical arrangements and health, 105–54

• Parcels, 153, 154, 418, 423

• Pre-Alamein, 123

Psychiatric—

• Cases, 193, 195

• Disorders in Navy, 193–5

Psychiatrists, 327, 398–402

Pukekohe, 288

Pukeora Hospital, 389, 390

Puketeraki, 397, 398

Pulheems system, 332

Puriri, HMS, 171

Rabaul, 56, 58, 63

Racecourse Hospital, Trentham, 250

RACS (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons), 385

Radiologists in NZ, 325, 326

Ramb 1, SS, 172

Rangatira, SS, 4, 7

Rannerdale Convalescent Home, 418

RAP, Stirling I., 51

RAP, Vella Lavella, 41, 42

Rations—

• In Fiji, 17, 100

• In forced marches in Germany, 144, 145

• In jungle, 87

• In Kokkinia Hospital, Greece, 109

• In New Caledonia, 27, 28, 87, 90

• In Norfolk Island, 98, 99

• In PW camps in Crete, 113, 114

• In Salonika transit camp, 117

• In Tonga, 96

• In transit, Salonika to Germany, 119, 120

• Of PWs—

  • Germany, 132, 133, 134, 154

  • Italy, 122, 123, 124, 125

  • Red Cross Parcels, 154

Raventhorpe Convalescent Depot, 218, 273, 274, 291, 380

Reboarding of unfit men in camp in NZ, 330, 331

Recruitment—

• Of medical officers, 349–62

• Of nurses, 364–70

• Of skilled personnel, 362–4

• Of VADs, 370–3

Red Cross—

• Appreciation of Red Cross parcels by PWs, 150

• Clothing for PWs in Germany, 130

• Commissioner in United Kingdom, 148, 149

• Food parcels in Germany, 131, 132, 134, 135, 140, 147, 149, 151

• International Committee, 149

• Invalid food supplies in Germany, 131, 132, 135

• Medical supplies in Germany, 135, 145, 146, 147, 148

• Occupational therapy provision, 135, 148

• Parcels—

  • For PW in Italy, 122, 123, 124, 125

  • In Salonika Camp, 117, 119

  • Weights of contents of standard, 153, 154

• Society, 314, 315, 364, 370, 371, 375, 406, 417–23

• Special supplies and equipment in Germany, 135, 146, 147, 148

• Supplies in Pacific, 62, 71

• Use of in Pacific, 45

Red Sea, 172, 173

Regional Deputies for medical boarding, 311, 312, 313, 321, 322, 323, 326, 329, 330, 335, 337, 339, 340

• Remuneration of, 311, 312

Regulations re medical boarding in NZ, 311, 312, 320–4

Rejection—

• Of recruits, 344–50

• Rate in medical boarding in NZ, 344, 345–50

Release of PWs in Germany, 140–2, 149–51

Remedial—

• Training, 274, 275

• Training camp, Rotorua, 274, 275

• Training in Air Force, 209

• Treatment in NZ, 333–6

Rendova, 223

Repartriation—

• Of Australian PWs, 150

• Of medical personnel—

  • From Germany, 141, 149–51

  • From Italy, 125, 126

• Of PWs—

  • From Germany, 140, 141, 142, 149–51

  • From Italy, 125, 126

Respiratory diseases in NZ camps, 258, 259

Resuscitation in Solomons, 42, 43, 44, 54, 59, 72, 76, 77, 90

Review of medical boarding in NZ, 340–50

River Plate, 162, 165, 171

RMO, Stirling I., 51, 53

Rotorua208, 218, 273, 274, 275, 374, 379, 381, 383, 389

Rotorua Hospital, 379, 381

RSA (Returned Services Association), 404

Russell I., 80

Russia, repatriation of PWs through, 151

Russian PWs in Germany, 139, 140

Ruweisat, wounded prisoners at, 123

St. Dunstan's Hostel, 406

St. John, Order of, 314, 315, 364, 370, 371, 375, 406, 417–23

Salerno, 183

Salonika, 108, 110, 114, 115, 116–20, 152

Salonika Transit Camp, 116–20

• Evacuation of patients to Germany, 118–20

Samambula, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15, 16, 18, 21

Samambula Camp—

• Fiji, 5, 6, 7, 16, 18

• Hospital, 15

Sambeto, 18, 100

Sandfly fever in Salonika Camp, 117, 118

Sanitation—

• In Fiji, 6, 13, 16, 17, 18

• In New Caledonia, 26, 27

• In PW camps in Germany, 127, 128, 129

Sau I., 58

School of Hygiene, Swanson, 208, 217, 253

Seacliff, 398

Second Echelon, 367

Selection Committee, aircrew, 211, 212

Sfakia, 112, 113

Shelly Bay sick quarters, 176

Shepherds Bush, 374

Shortage of medical officers, 283, 284

Shortland I., 50

Showers in Pacific, 15, 86

Sick and Wounded Branch of Army in NZ, 267–73

Sick and Wounded Branch, Air Force, 218, 219

Sick-berth ratings, recruitment and training, 167–9

Sick leave 219, 267–73

Sickness—

• In Air Force, 217, 220, 221, 232–9

• In Navy, incidence of, 182–95

• In NZ camps, 249, 250, 257–60

• In Pacific, 8, 14, 15, 16, 101, 232–9

• In Salonika Camp, 117–19

Sidcup Hospital, 385

Sidi Rezegh, 121, 149

Silesia, 119, 129, 148, 152

Silverstream Convalescent Depot, 273, 289, 380

Singapore, 207, 221, 222

Sirpt I., 57, 58

Skin condition in Air Force in Pacific, 237

Skin diseases—

• In Navy, 173

• In Nissan, 61

• In Pacific, 9, 13, 19, 26, 47, 61, 100

• In Pacific, number hospitalised, 91, 92

• In PWs in Germany, 152

• In Treasury Is., 61

• In Vella Lavella, 47

Skines, 43, 114

SMA3 machine, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215

Smallpox in Navy, 185–7

Smyrna, 125, 126, 149

Soanotalu, 53

Social security in NZ, 357, 376, 401, 407

Solomon Is., 17, 20, 21–102, 171, 205, 223, 225, 232, 233, 235, 236

• General description, 37

• Strategy, 37–8

Somersetshire, HS, 299

South Island, 252, 291, 339

Spain, 141, 150

Specialist—

• Medical Boards, 252, 255, 256, 258, 400

• Medical officers in Pacific, 16, 78, 79, 101

• On Medical Boards, 310, 323

Specialists, 78, 79, 101, 358

Special medical boards for volunteers, 328

Spectacles, 277

Spittal, 126

Splint-makers, 362, 374

Squadron medical officers, 160

Staffing of German PW hospitals, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140

Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf, 127–9, 131, 134

Standard for recruitment in Navy, 176–8

Standard of medical service in Pacific, 91

Statistics—

• Medical rejections in NZ, 344–50

• Pacific Force, 91–5

• Sickness in Fiji, 15

Stirling I., 48, 49, 50, 52, 55, 73, 83

Strengths of forces on different islands in Solomons, 82

Stretcher-bearer officers in NZ, 284, 285

Suda Bay, 114

Suez, 299, 300, 303, 304

Sulphaguanidine, 43, 47, 84

Sulphonamide, 175, 176, 191

Sulphonamide drugs in Germany, 145, 152

Surgery—

• Civilian type in Pacific, 79

• In Pacific, 74–8

• In Solomons, 42–5, 54, 55, 59, 60, 74–7

Surgical operations for remedial treatment in NZ, 333–6

Survey—

• Of medical administration, 70, 71

• Of medical services with 2 NZEF (IP), 70–87

Suva, 4–12, 17, 19, 20, 79

Suva Colonial War Memorial Hospital, 8, 14

Suva Girls' School Hospital, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14

Swanson, 208, 217, 253

Sydney, 293, 300, 301, 303

Tamaki, HMNZS, 175, 187

Tamavua, 6, 12, 14–21

Tamavua Hospital, 6, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Tanaheran, 58, 60

Taom R., 24 Taranto, 121

Tene Valley, 36

Termites introduced into NZ, 88

Territorials in NZ, 336, 352, 353

Tetanus, 111

• In Kokkinia Hospital, 111

Tetanus inoculation, 43, 77

Thomas splints, 72

Timbala Bay, 40

Tinipp, 25, 28

Tjitjalengka, HS, 291

Tobruk, 123

Tobruk splints, 76

Tonga, 95, 96, 97, 205, 223, 225

Tonga Defence Force medical service, 95–7

Tontouta airfield, 34

Tost, 135, 140

Trachoma in Fiji, 16, 101

Training—

• Depot, Trentham, 246–8

• In Fiji, 10, 11

• Of blind ex-servicemen, 405–7

• Of disabled, Trentham, 404–7

• Of medical orderlies in Air Force, 207, 208

• Of medical personnel in New Caledonia, 29, 30

• Of nurses, 368

• Of 3 NZ Div in NZ, 22

• Of 7 NZ Fd Amb, 4, 10, 11

• Of NZ Medical Corps in NZ, 244–8

• Of VADs, 371–3

Transfer of PWs from Italy to Germany, 126

Transport of sick PWs in Germany, 135

Treasury Is., 37, 38, 48, 50–6, 60, 63, 64, 73, 74, 77, 82, 86, 88

• Landing on, 48, 49, 50

• Surgery on, 54

Treatment—

• Of Army sick and wounded in NZ, 374–82

• Of invalids from overseas in NZ, 382–5

• Of wounded in Italy, 122, 123, 124, 125

• Of wounded in New Caledonia, 78

Trentham, 4, 243, 244, 246, 248, 249, 250–3, 258, 259, 260, 265, 273, 285, 291, 299, 325, 377, 386, 390, 397

Trentham Camp, 243, 244, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 258, 259, 260, 265, 285, 291, 380

• Hospital, 249, 250, 259

• Medical training depot, 246, 247, 248

• School of hygiene, 251

Tropical—

• Diseases, consultant in, 78, 80, 81

• Ulcers, 83, 237

• Ulcers in Air Force in Pacific, 237

Tuberculosis—

• Cases in Navy, 189–90

• Cases in PWs in Germany, 135, 138, 139, 141, 151, 152

• In Norfolk Island, 97

• In Tonga, 96

• Pensions for, 326, 338

• Treatment in NZ, 338, 339

• X-ray examination of chest in recruits, 324, 325, 326

Tulagi, 80, 172

Typhoid fever, 129

• In Navy, 187

• Inoculation against in NZ, 258

• In Salonika Camp, 117, 118

Typhus fever—

• In Germany, 129

• In Salonika Camp, 117, 118

Unfit men in mobilisation camps in NZ, 329, 330, 331

United Kingdom, 125, 126, 127, 148, 150, 151, 159, 161, 165, 166, 171, 178, 193, 205, 220, 263, 300, 301, 304, 305, 329, 341, 367, 403, 418, 424, 426

• Air Force, training in, 205

United States—

• Forces in NZ, 288, 289

• Hospitals in NZ, 289

• Medical services, 288, 289, 380, 392, 393

United States of America, 9, 20, 161, 209, 223, 225, 263, 264, 403, 419, 420

University of—

• London, courses for PWs in Germany, 149

• Oxford, courses for PWs in Germany, 149

Utilisation of repatriated PWs, 149, 150

Vaccination, in Navy, 185–7

VADs—

• In Air Force, 371

• In Australian Army, 372

• In Council, 314, 315, 371, 372

• In NZ, 370, 371, 372, 373

• In 2 NZEF, 372

• Numbers on service, 372, 373

Varicose veins, 333, 335

Vella Lavella, 34, 37–48, 50, 53, 55, 58, 61, 63, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 81, 82, 86, 223

• Casualties at, 42–5

• Health of troops, 47

• Hygiene and sanitation, 46, 47

• Landing on, 38, 39, 40

• Medical operations on, 41, 42–5

• Medical stores, 39

Velpean arm plaster, 76

Venereal disease, 260–2

• In Air Force, 221

• In Navy, 173, 191, 192

• In New Caledonia, 26, 83

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• In New Zealand, 260, 261, 262

• In 2 NZEF, 261, 262

• Preventive measures, 260

Vision standards in recruits, 328, 329

Viti Levu, 4

Vocational training, 374

Voula, 107, 108

WAACs, 33, 315, 373

WAAFs, Medical orderlies, 207, 208, 210

Waikato, 281, 291, 381

Waiouru Camp, 176, 181, 243, 249, 279, 282, 326

Wanganella, HS, 300, 306

Wanganui, 252, 281, 282, 283

Warambau, 41

War Cabinet, 351, 352, 356, 372, 383, 385, 388, 390, 391, 400, 401

War Pensions—

• Appeal Board, 407

• Board, 407–8

• Dept, 402, 407

• Disabilities, 407, 408

Wartime functions of National Medical Committee, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320

Washing—

• In Pacific zone, 86

• Of mess utensils in NZ, 255–7

Water sterilisation, 46, 55

Water supplies—

• In Fiji, 4, 5, 7, 12, 16

• In New Caledonia, 27, 34, 90

• In New Zealand, 253, 254

• In Solomons, 37, 55, 57, 59, 60, 83, 86, 87, 90

Weather experienced by PWs—

• In Germany, 129

• In Greece, 110, 117, 119, 129

Wellington, 176, 181, 209, 243, 244, 249, 252, 255, 260, 265, 266, 279, 281, 289, 291, 325, 339, 368, 370, 371, 375, 377, 380, 383, 391, 396, 403, 416, 419

Wellington Fortress Troops, 243, 249

Western Desert, 73, 75

Whangarei, 176, 265, 279, 283

Whenuapai, 217

Wigram, 203, 207

Withdrawal of troops—

• From Pacific, 87, 88, 89

• From Solomons, 63, 88

WWSA, 372, 373

Working parties of PWs in Germany, 142–4

• Medical work for, 142

Wounds, analysis of in Pacific, 91–3

Wounded—

• From Crete, 107, 110

• Treatment of—

  • In Italy, 122–5

  • In New Caledonia, 78

  • In Solomons, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 60, 62, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77

• Types of—

  • In Pacific, 92, 93

  • Missiles causing wounds in Pacific, 92, 93

WRENs—

• Health of, 195, 196

• Sick-berth ratings, 168, 181, 195, 196

X-RAYS—

• Examination of ches—

  • Air Force, 210

  • Demobilised personnel, 338, 339

  • Home Guard, 336

  • Navy, 177

  • New Caledonia, 88

  • Of recruits, 324, 325, 326

• In Pacific, 34, 63, 78, 90

X-ray technicians, 362

Yaws—

• In Pacific, 26, 61, 85

• Treatment of natives for, 61

Yugoslavia, 129